GDT: Group A • Dec. 29 • Switzerland vs. Canada • Part 2

[Canada4Gold]

can we replace the coach mid-tournament please

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Bob McKenzie doesn't know hockey like we do

 

[Tripod]

Hicketts was the player of the game yet everyone continues *****ing about him. I don't get it, he's small but he's strong, physical, skates well, moves the puck well, and uses his skating well defensively. He's a returning player. Sure Sanheim could use some more ice-time but that doesn't mean Hicketts is a **** player.

It's how he is being used. Lowry is his Jr coach so favours him....to the detriment of the team.

Hicketts had a 3 minute shift in OT. How the hell does that make sense when you have other, elite Jr dmen who are fresh.

As for POG...not surprising since he never leaves the ice so people see his jersey number all game.

And again, Sanheim creates 3 scoring chances on 1 shift....then never sees the ice again. He only had 2 shifts in the 3rd period and OT combined. Yet Joey gets 3 minute shifts.

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

can we replace the coach mid-tournament please

Is Steve Spott available?

 

[Mitchy]

1	Connor McDavid (C)	 Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	Jack Eichel (C)	 United States	Buffalo Sabres	Boston University Terriers (Hockey East)
3	Dylan Strome (C)	 Canada	Arizona Coyotes	Erie Otters (OHL)
4	Mitchell Marner (C/RW)	 Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	London Knights (OHL)
5	Noah Hanifin (D)	 United States	Carolina Hurricanes	Boston College Eagles (Hockey East)
6	Pavel Zacha (C)	 Czech Republic	New Jersey Devils	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
7	Ivan Provorov (D)	 Russia	Philadelphia Flyers	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
8	Zach Werenski (D)	 United States	Columbus Blue Jackets	Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten)
9	Timo Meier (RW)	  Switzerland	San Jose Sharks	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
10	Mikko Rantanen (RW)	 Finland	Colorado Avalanche	TPS (Liiga)
11	Lawson Crouse (LW)	 Canada	Florida Panthers	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
12	Denis Guryanov (RW)	 Russia	Dallas Stars	Lada Togliatti (KHL)
13	Jakub Zboril (D)	 Czech Republic	Boston Bruins (from Los Angeles)1	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
14	Jake DeBrusk (LW)	 Canada	Boston Bruins	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
15	Zachary Senyshyn (RW)	 Canada	Boston Bruins (from Calgary)2	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
16	Mathew Barzal (C)	 Canada	New York Islanders (from Pittsburgh via Edmonton)3	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
17	Kyle Connor (LW)	 United States	Winnipeg Jets	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
18	Thomas Chabot (D)	 Canada	Ottawa Senators	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
19	Evgeny Svechnikov (LW)	 Russia	Detroit Red Wings	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
20	Joel Eriksson Ek (C)	 Sweden	Minnesota Wild	Farjestad BK (SHL)
21	Colin White (C)	 United States	Ottawa Senators (from NY Islanders via Buffalo)4	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
22	Ilya Samsonov (G)	 Russia	Washington Capitals	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)
23	Brock Boeser (RW)	 United States	Vancouver Canucks	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
24	Travis Konecny (C)	 Canada	Philadelphia Flyers (from Nashville via Toronto)5	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
25	Jack Roslovic (C)	 United States	Winnipeg Jets (from St. Louis via Buffalo)6	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
26	Noah Juulsen (D)	 Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
27	Jacob Larsson (D)	 Sweden	Anaheim Ducks	Frolunda HC (SHL)
28	Anthony Beauvillier (LW)	 Canada	New York Islanders (from NY Rangers via Tampa Bay)7	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
29	Gabriel Carlsson (D)	 Sweden	Columbus Blue Jackets (from Tampa Bay via Philadelphia and Toronto)8	Linkopings HC (SHL)
30	Nick Merkley (RW)	 Canada	Arizona Coyotes (from Chicago)9	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)

Barzal at 16 looks like a steal.

Indeed. Islanders got themselves a beauty.

 

[thepuckmonster]

Bob McKenzie doesn't know hockey like we do

He's one of the most respected analysts in the game, of course he knows what he's talking about.

 

[Peasy]

1	Connor McDavid (C)	 Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	Jack Eichel (C)	 United States	Buffalo Sabres	Boston University Terriers (Hockey East)
3	Dylan Strome (C)	 Canada	Arizona Coyotes	Erie Otters (OHL)
4	Mitchell Marner (C/RW)	 Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	London Knights (OHL)
5	Noah Hanifin (D)	 United States	Carolina Hurricanes	Boston College Eagles (Hockey East)
6	Pavel Zacha (C)	 Czech Republic	New Jersey Devils	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
7	Ivan Provorov (D)	 Russia	Philadelphia Flyers	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
8	Zach Werenski (D)	 United States	Columbus Blue Jackets	Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten)
9	Timo Meier (RW)	  Switzerland	San Jose Sharks	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
10	Mikko Rantanen (RW)	 Finland	Colorado Avalanche	TPS (Liiga)
11	Lawson Crouse (LW)	 Canada	Florida Panthers	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
12	Denis Guryanov (RW)	 Russia	Dallas Stars	Lada Togliatti (KHL)
13	Jakub Zboril (D)	 Czech Republic	Boston Bruins (from Los Angeles)1	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
14	Jake DeBrusk (LW)	 Canada	Boston Bruins	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
15	Zachary Senyshyn (RW)	 Canada	Boston Bruins (from Calgary)2	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
16	Mathew Barzal (C)	 Canada	New York Islanders (from Pittsburgh via Edmonton)3	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
17	Kyle Connor (LW)	 United States	Winnipeg Jets	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
18	Thomas Chabot (D)	 Canada	Ottawa Senators	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
19	Evgeny Svechnikov (LW)	 Russia	Detroit Red Wings	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
20	Joel Eriksson Ek (C)	 Sweden	Minnesota Wild	Farjestad BK (SHL)
21	Colin White (C)	 United States	Ottawa Senators (from NY Islanders via Buffalo)4	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
22	Ilya Samsonov (G)	 Russia	Washington Capitals	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)
23	Brock Boeser (RW)	 United States	Vancouver Canucks	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
24	Travis Konecny (C)	 Canada	Philadelphia Flyers (from Nashville via Toronto)5	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
25	Jack Roslovic (C)	 United States	Winnipeg Jets (from St. Louis via Buffalo)6	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
26	Noah Juulsen (D)	 Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
27	Jacob Larsson (D)	 Sweden	Anaheim Ducks	Frolunda HC (SHL)
28	Anthony Beauvillier (LW)	 Canada	New York Islanders (from NY Rangers via Tampa Bay)7	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
29	Gabriel Carlsson (D)	 Sweden	Columbus Blue Jackets (from Tampa Bay via Philadelphia and Toronto)8	Linkopings HC (SHL)
30	Nick Merkley (RW)	 Canada	Arizona Coyotes (from Chicago)9	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)

Barzal at 16 looks like a steal.

And most people considered him a steal at the time. He was ranked top 10 in quite a bit of lists, this isnt really a surprise.

 

[TT1]

And most people considered him a steal at the time. He was ranked top 10 in quite a bit of lists, this isnt really a surprise.

this, alot of people had him in their top 10

 

[WilliamNylander]

Dermott and Sanheim both with excellent games tonight.

Dermott is so smart with the puck, always makes the right move. Sanheim is the best offensive defenseman on the team. This pairing needs more minutes if Canada wants a chance to win against Sweden.

 

[dubey]

And most people considered him a steal at the time. He was ranked top 10 in quite a bit of lists, this isnt really a surprise.

HFboards calls steals every draft

HFboards is wrong every draft

Dermott and Sanheim both with excellent games tonight.

Dermott is so smart with the puck, always makes the right move. Sanheim is the best offensive defenseman on the team. This pairing needs more minutes if Canada wants a chance to win against Sweden.

Dermott needs to get Ryan Suter minutes

 

[OilerPensfan97]

He's one of the most respected analysts in the game, of course he knows what he's talking about.

Pretty sure that was a joke.

 

[stavs*]

Strome is by far the best player on this team, I wasn't high on him before the draft but wow has he impressed. I thought Marner was the best player on this team coming in but he's been one of the worst alongside Virtanen.

virtanen is the anchor that will bring down team canada.

 

[BobDobolina]

Except Team Canada last year was stacked... so probably not. People expect Canada (with a population of 35M) to be the best in every single birth year, which is a testament to how far ahead they are.

Population has nothing to do with it. Players, rinks, resources etc. are the things that matter.

 

[Divine]

If Swiss won today, this is what I expected to see in the post game interviews:

 

[Llewzaher]

I don't get the Marner hate ... He definitely wasn't the worst player on the team ..( I think that was Perlini , and I am a Coyote's fan). I think they should have put him out on OT earlier rather than later.. He did have a few turnovers.. but so did everyone else...He actually saved a goal a couple of times ..

Strome needs some more offensive people on his line ... It is good to see his line have the most offensive chances considering who the wingers are..

I think they need to spread the offence around a bit.. Maybe switch Virtanen with konecny or Gauthier etc.. as someone suggested earlier..

 

[Steeze]

Well that was embarrassing, not the game so much but reading through this thread. Aren't the majority of us adults, can we not be civil?

Anyway I don't know who was portioning out the ice time but dear god that was noticeably unbalanced, and on the second day of a back to back in a short tournament no less. Yeesh.

 

[Divine]

Population has nothing to do with it. Players, rinks, resources etc. are the things that matter.

Population has a great deal to do with it. I guarantee there's more rinks in USA/Russia/Sweden than all of Canada combined.

 

[stewpac]

Tried to follow the game on here but the maturity level was at an all time low. Good thing I PVR'd the game and can make my own opinion of it.

 

[thepuckmonster]

I don't get the Marner hate ... He definitely wasn't the worst player on the team ..( I think that was Perlini , and I am a Coyote's fan). I think they should have put him out on OT earlier rather than later.. He did have a few turnovers.. but so did everyone else...He actually saved a goal a couple of times ..

Strome needs some more offensive people on his line ... It is good to see his line have the most offensive chances considering who the wingers are..

I think they need to spread the offence around a bit.. Maybe switch Virtanen with konecny or Gauthier etc.. as someone suggested earlier..

Lowry overplayed Marner and you can't do that with big ice. He was gassed by OT.

Crouse-Strome-Virtanen were very strong in the third, they should keep that line together.

 

[Reilly13]

He's one of the most respected analysts in the game, of course he knows what he's talking about.

Pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

 

[dubey]

Pretty sure that was a joke.

Pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

It's amazing how McKenzie can call Hicketts a game-changer and then you read some of the posts on here about how he played today lol

 

[canwincup]

I don't get the Marner hate ... He definitely wasn't the worst player on the team ..( I think that was Perlini , and I am a Coyote's fan). I think they should have put him out on OT earlier rather than later.. He did have a few turnovers.. but so did everyone else...He actually saved a goal a couple of times ..

Strome needs some more offensive people on his line ... It is good to see his line have the most offensive chances considering who the wingers are..

I think they need to spread the offence around a bit.. Maybe switch Virtanen with konecny or Gauthier etc.. as someone suggested earlier..

I actually liked the Strome line after Crouse was put there. But I don't know if Crouse or Virtanen can finish lol

 

[OilerPensfan97]

Lowry overplayed Marner and you can't do that with big ice. He was gassed by OT.

Crouse-Strome-Virtanen were very strong in the third, they should keep that line together.

Strome's line was by far the best. Virtanen had a few hiccups, but he wasn't as bad as everyone made him out to be. He'll be just fine.

 

[WilliamNylander]

So it looks like Canada is unfortunately poised to finish third in the division. Still think we have a good shot at gold if Lowry can improve asset management

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Coaches have to find a way to get more out of the power play because it has been very ineffective.

Far too stationary. IMO.